Logo descriptions by KodyBoy555 and YingYong
Logo captures by V of Doom and nesfan1111
Editions by V of Doom
Video captures courtesy of JoeCool85, Bob Fish, ThatLogoDude and MattCordellisBack.


Background: Hemdale Film Corporation was an independent film production and distribution company founded in London in 1970 by David Hemmings and John Daly, and headed by John Daly and Derek Gibson. This company didn't use a proper logo until 1984. A lot of Hemdale movies had the Orion Logo instead.


1st Logo
(1984-1986)

Nicknames: "The Nintendo Logo", "Nintendale", "Hemtendo"

Logo: TBA.

FX: TBA.

Cheesy Factor: TBA.

Music/Sounds: None.

Availability: Beyond rare; seen on Howling II: Your Sister is a Werewolf (1985).

Scare Factor: TBA.



2nd Logo
(1986-1987)

Nickname: "The Handwriter"

Logo: On a jade green/black gradient background, a yellow line beings to draw itself into a cursive "H". Another line draws itself on the opposite side of the H, forming a lowercase "e" and works it's way left, writing out "Hemdale" in a stylized, cursive font. After it is done drawing, the text "RELEASING CORPORATION PRESENTS" wipes below it.

FX: The drawing, the wiping in of the text.

Cheesy Factor: The film quality (which may have been intentional) and the wiping in of the words.

Music/Sounds: A synthisized, fancy sounding string ditty.

Availability: Rare; it was seen on River's Edge (1986).

Scare Factor: Low to medium; the music is a little more than creepy, and will scare a few.



3rd Logo
(1987-1993)

Nicknames: "The Spinning Letters", "Changing Color"

Logo: On a black background, an orange H spins first, then comes a blue E spinning, a yellow M spinning, a green D spinning, a pinkish purple A spinning, a red L spinning, and a blue E comes spinning last and they all turn white. After they turn white, the letters spread that reveals "HEMDALE" and then a rainbow line appears between and "FILM CORPORATION" below the line. On some films, the word, "PICTURES" would be in place in the word "FILM"

FX/Cheesy Factor: Colorful letters, turning white, spreading. On the trailers, the spinning intro is cut and the rest of the logo just plays.

Music/Sounds: A 7-note synthesizer piece when the letters spin: C (H), G (E), High C (M), F (D), B flat (A), High F (L) and High G (E). It also has a synthesizer going off like an alarm in background. Then follows by a nature-oriented music piece with 80's video game effects when the letters spread, followed by a majestic horn fanare with a keyboard mixed in it which becomes synthesized, ending with 2 orchestra hits.

Availability: Seen on old VHS prints of Little Nemo: Adventures on Slumberland and many more. Also seen on the Hemdale Home Video, Live, and Artisan releases of The Terminator.

Scare Factor: Minimal.



4th Logo
(1993-1995)

Nickname: "Bronze Hemdale"

Logo: We see at the screen:


and it shines.

FX/Cheesy Factor: The logo shining.

Music/Sounds: None, but you could think that sound in the previews.

Availability: On later Hemdale releases from 1993-1995.

Scare Factor: None.